Towel cabinet



Aug. 21, 1928 1,681,614 G. M. HUBINGER TOWEL CABINET Filed June 1926 Patented Aug. 21, 1928.

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GEQBGE HUBINGER, 20F .MIIJWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO STAR DETACH- AEBIIE TOWELHOLDER 00., OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

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Application filed .Tune 9, .1926. .Serial K041114387.

. tillhis inventicn.relatestoatnw .dispensing device.

in dev1ces, as jheretofforeconstructed, ithas .b eenthe.nsuahcustom toprovideeither. a oalvi :5 ,net .iforthereception.oithetowels, withmeans for retaining the towels temporarily in place :upon a uneans adjacent {the outer end of the ,rod for impeding the .removalof towels therefrom. Theseconstructions:arenecessarily complicated, and require 'material and somewhat .diiiicult.manipulationofzthe towels to remove them .from the rod and also require specially ,formediterminal portions for the (IQ-(1 .or {else additional app aratusassociated therewith.

This invention oversomesthe defects noted above, .and .objects .of [such invention are to provide. a novel ,fornrof towel dispensing de- "vice in whichthemodjis Iloopedto provide not 120 mily an extensive and compact support for .the towelssdthat a large numb'er may jbecarried in .a small space, but, also .to pr vide a novel form of supporting rod so shapedas to cause the towels .carried .therebyflto' fintere'ngage andzthus .of themselves impede the out- .ward ,progress ,or .rcmovalot the outermost towel from the rod.

' This eliminates ithemecessity of eitherimpeding means carried by the rod, or additional means supported adjacent the end of the rod. Instead of these complicated constructions, the rod is so looped that the towels form the impeding means to prevent wholesale removal of the towels, either intentionally or inadvertently from the rod, and yet.

permit a single towel to be removed therefrom in regular succession.

Further objects are to provide a cheaper,

. simpler, and more reliable construction than has heretofore been possible.

Embodiments of the invention are shown in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side elevation ofthe device with parts broken away;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the structure shown in Figure 1, showing diagrammatically a view of the towels in position;

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 33'of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a modified form of rod;

Figure 5 is a face view of one of the looking discs or members.

Figures 1 to 3 will first be described. In

supporting ,rod, -or. else .to provide this form of the invention, it willbe seen that a bracket 1 is provided which is preferably termed otsheet metal with outwardly pro-. Jecting apertured flanges, so that it may be, attached to a support,lsuch as indicated at 2.

This-sheet metal member is provided with a forwardly projecting web 3 formed of the two plates of the member and riveted to- .nel i'is provided for the reception of the end of the rod 5. Further, the web is provided with a vertical channel for the reception of alocking pin or other device 6. Thislocking pin is adapted to fit within ahole or recessed portion of the rod 5, as indicated in Figure .3. Further, as shown in Figures 1 and 3, a key in the form of a small plate 7 is held'belocking discm'ay beoperated'bymeans of a ,key 1n anyv suitablemanner.

The rod 5-is thus rigidlygheldlag'ainst motion of translation and against rotation by means of the bracket 1. This rod is provided with a looped or curved portion, such as indicated at 11 in Figure 2, so that it is looped back of itself and provided with a free end adjacentv the outermost portion of the rod. This free end carries a chain or other receiving member 12. This chain is adapted to receive the soiled towels and terminates in a .gether, as-indicated in Figures-1 and 3., Be-

tweenthesc webs a circular aperture or chanplug or member 13, which may carry one of thelocking discs 9.

In using this device, the towels are slipped onto the rod either from its straight end or along the chain, and from thence onto the rod. It is preferabe, however, to slip the towels onto the rod from the straight end, as this may be more conveniently done. The towels are positioned upon the circular or looped portion 11, and it is to be noted that the towels will interengage, that'is to say, their inwardly directed edges will interlock and prevent the wholesale inadvertent removal of a number of towels from the rod. However, a single towel may be readily removed from the rod and slid downwardly upon the chain 12, after it has been used.

It is to be particularly noted that the towels themselves restrain the free outwardly sliding of the outermost towel by the interengagement of their inner edges.

The same inventive idea is embodied in the form illustrated in Figure 4 from which it will be seen that the looped portion 14 is in the form of rectangle instead of a circle. Preferably, this rectangle is joined to the body of the rod by meansof a downwardly extending portion 15, although this portion may be dispensed with, provided the looped structure is retained. The usual chain and terminal locking member, therefore, is employed with this form of rod, asdescribed above.

It is to be particularly noted that this construction permits a very simple formation of the rod, and requires no auxiliary apparatus to restrain the outward motion of the towels, nor does it require any special formation of the terminal or outer end of the-rod. In-

stead, the towels are relied upon and have been found in actual practice to afiord the requisite impedance against outward motion of the outermost towel.

It is to be noted further that the constructlon is extremely simple and may be very cheaply produced Further, it is to be noted that the looped portion provid'es' an extensive support for the towels and permits the placing of a large number of towels in a very small or compact space. I

Although the invention has been described in considerable detail, such description is intended as illustrative rather than limiting as the invention may be variously embodied and as the scope of such invention is to be determined as claimed.

retaina supply of towels, said coiled'portion, causinginterengagement of the towels in the interior of the coiledp'ortion to impede the outward progress of the outermost towel, said rod having afree outer end provided with a downwardly extending member.

3. A towel dispensing member comprising a bracketadapted for attachment to a support, a rod removablylocked therein against motion of translation or motion of rotation,

said rod having a coiled portion adapted to. retain a supply of towels, said coiled portlon causing interengagement of the towels in the interior of the coiled portion to. impede the outward progressof the outermost towel, said rod having an outer end provided with a downwardly extending member, the outer end of said member having'means for preventing the unauthorized removal oftowels therefrom. i

I .In testimony that I claim'theforegoing I have hereunto set my handat Milwaukee, in

the county of Milwaukee and Stateof Wisconsin.

GEORGE 'M. H BI NG R. 

